US7690409B2 - Connecting and guide element for a tire chain - Google Patents

Connecting and guide element for a tire chain Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US7690409B2
US7690409B2 US11/752,979 US75297907A US7690409B2 US 7690409 B2 US7690409 B2 US 7690409B2 US 75297907 A US75297907 A US 75297907A US 7690409 B2 US7690409 B2 US 7690409B2
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
eyes
plane
accommodating
tire
tensioning strand
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related, expires
Application number
US11/752,979
Other languages
English (en)
Other versions
US20070277917A1 (en
Inventor
Agyd Pengg
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Pewag Austria GmbH
Original Assignee
Pewag Austria GmbH
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Pewag Austria GmbH filed Critical Pewag Austria GmbH
Assigned to PEWAG AUSTRIA GMBH reassignment PEWAG AUSTRIA GMBH ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: PENGG, AGYD
Publication of US20070277917A1 publication Critical patent/US20070277917A1/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US7690409B2 publication Critical patent/US7690409B2/en
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current
Adjusted expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Images

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C27/00—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels
    • B60C27/06—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels extending over the complete circumference of the tread, e.g. made of chains or cables
    • B60C27/10—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels extending over the complete circumference of the tread, e.g. made of chains or cables having tensioning means

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a connecting and guide element for a tire chain for connecting a side mesh of the tire chain to a side tensioning strand and for accommodating an excess length of the tensioning chain, wherein the element has at least two eyes for accommodating a tensioning strand, excess length and connecting links to the side mesh, and wherein the two eyes for the tensioning strand and excess length lie in a common plane.
  • An element of this kind known from EP 1 355 792 B1 has only two eyes, of which one eye is made larger so that it can not only accommodate an end link of the side mesh but also provide space for pulling through an excess length of a tensioning chain.
  • An aspect of the invention lies in eliminating the stated disadvantages with the help of a new connecting and guide element and/or with an appropriate tire chain.
  • a favorable variation of the element also with regard to easy manufacturing is distinguished by the fact that it has two plate-like sections, namely a larger inner section with the eyes which lie in the first plane, and a smaller outer section with the eyes which lie in the second plane running essentially orthogonally to the first plane.
  • the eyes lying in the first plane are designed to be essentially circular, not least because in this case the eyes can also be formed by drilling. For this reason, it can also be advisable if the eyes lying in the second plane are designed to be essentially circular.
  • the thickness of the plate-like inner section reduces radially towards the inside, material and weight can be saved, in particular as the excess length does not require a wide support and can be accommodated by the inner eyes without any problems.
  • the eyes lying in the first plane and/or the eyes lying in the second plane are designed to be essentially the same.
  • An increased strength is achieved while requiring less material overall when two strengthening webs are provided, which connect the side surfaces of the plate-like outer section to the outer edge of the plate-like inner section.
  • the invention also provides a tire chain with a mesh having sliding and/or chain protection links covering the running surface of a tire, and with at least one side mesh, in which the side mesh is connected by means of a side tensioning strand with the help of a plurality of connecting and guide elements according to the invention or their variants, and an excess length of the tensioning strand can be accommodated in one of the eyes of the elements.
  • the tensioning strand is in the form of a tensioning chain.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view of a tire chain according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a connecting and guide element according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention with two inserted chain links in a diagrammatic representation
  • FIG. 3 shows the element shown in FIG. 2 in a sectional view perpendicular to a plane 018 , additionally with a section of the tensioning chain and its excess length;
  • FIG. 4 shows an alternative embodiment of a connecting and guide element according to another exemplary embodiment of the invention in an illustration as in FIG. 2 .
  • the side view according to FIG. 1 shows a vehicle tire 001 , for example of a heavy vehicle, with a tire protecting chain 002 fitted to this tire.
  • the side mesh 017 is tensioned and held on the tire with the help of a side tensioning strand, in the present case a tensioning chain 003 .
  • connecting and guide elements 004 are used, which on the one hand, and here reference is made to FIGS.
  • eyes 005 , 006 for accommodating the tensioning strand 003 and an excess length 007 of the tensioning strand, and on the other, have eyes 008 in which welded connecting links 009 are inserted, which serve to connect the element 004 to the side mesh 017 .
  • a connecting and guide element 004 has two plate-like sections 012 , 013 , namely a larger inner section 012 with the eyes 005 , 006 , which lie in a first plane 018 , and a smaller outer section 013 , which has the eyes 008 , which lie in a second plane 019 running orthogonally to the first plane.
  • the eyes 005 , 006 and the eyes 008 are all designed to be essentially circular, the eyes of the larger inner section 012 having a larger diameter than the eyes 008 of the outer section 013 .
  • the thickness of the plate-like inner section 012 reduces radially towards the inside. This enables weight to be saved, as the excess length 007 does not require as large a supporting surface as the tensioned part of the tensioning chain 003 .
  • the element 004 is provided with two reinforcing webs 014 , of which however only the front-facing web 014 can be seen in the chosen view. These reinforcing webs connect the side surfaces 015 of the plate-like outer section 013 to the outer edge 016 of the plate-like inner section 012 .
  • FIG. 4 shows a variant of a connecting and guide element 004 , which is essentially the same as that shown and described above, but this variant differs from that of FIG. 2 in that no reinforcing webs are provided and that the thickness of the plate-like inner section 012 remains the same in the radial direction.
  • the tensioning strand does not necessarily have to be in the form of a chain; it can also be a rope or an elastic rubber band etc.
  • the connecting links, which are inserted in the outer eyes 008 can also have a form other than that which can be seen from FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 .

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Tires In General (AREA)
US11/752,979 2006-05-31 2007-05-24 Connecting and guide element for a tire chain Expired - Fee Related US7690409B2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT0094106A AT503793B1 (de) 2006-05-31 2006-05-31 Anschluss- und führungselement für eine reifenkette
ATA941/2006 2006-05-31

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
US20070277917A1 US20070277917A1 (en) 2007-12-06
US7690409B2 true US7690409B2 (en) 2010-04-06

Family

ID=38438675

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US11/752,979 Expired - Fee Related US7690409B2 (en) 2006-05-31 2007-05-24 Connecting and guide element for a tire chain

Country Status (4)

Country Link
US (1) US7690409B2 (de)
EP (1) EP1864831B1 (de)
AT (1) AT503793B1 (de)
DE (1) DE502007000344D1 (de)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
USD721985S1 (en) * 2013-03-18 2015-02-03 Trollbeads A/S Jewelry piece with lock
USD757599S1 (en) * 2015-04-02 2016-05-31 Douglas F. L. Davis Chain link

Citations (20)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1445694A (en) * 1922-04-29 1923-02-20 Anthony N Kotarski Nonskidding chain for vehicle wheels
US1486993A (en) * 1922-04-10 1924-03-18 Stolpe Eric Snap hook for tire chains
US1768153A (en) * 1926-10-27 1930-06-24 Romain Frederich Tire chain
US2976902A (en) * 1958-04-15 1961-03-28 Pierre Henry St Automatic tightener for tire chains
DE2651162A1 (de) 1976-11-05 1978-05-24 Rud Ketten Rieger & Dietz Reifenschutzvorrichtung
US4215733A (en) * 1976-11-05 1980-08-05 Rieger Hansjoerg Tire protector device
US4390053A (en) * 1980-09-18 1983-06-28 Rud-Kettenfabrik Rieger 6 Dietz Gmbh U. Co. Anti-slip chain for vehicle tires
US4416319A (en) * 1981-07-24 1983-11-22 Rud-Kettenfabrik Rieger & Dietz Gmbh U. Co. Closure for tire chains
EP0108154A1 (de) * 1982-10-07 1984-05-16 Heinz Asbeck Reifen- und Gleitschutzkette für gummibereifte Fahrzeuge, insbesondere für schwere, schnellfahrende Erdbewegungsmaschinen
DE3411977A1 (de) * 1983-03-31 1984-10-11 Slovenske Železarne VERIGA Tovarna verig, vijakov odkovkov, orodij, pnevmatsko-hidravličnih naprav, industrijske opreme in meril, n.sol.o., Lesce Schneekette mit federstahlring
DE3526027A1 (de) 1985-07-20 1987-01-22 Thiele Fa August Gleitschutzkette fuer fahrzeugreifen
US4679608A (en) * 1984-01-20 1987-07-14 Steirische Kettenfabriken Pengg-Walenta Kg Vehicle tire chain
US4862935A (en) * 1987-03-31 1989-09-05 Makoto Goto Clamping apparatus for clamping an antiskid device for tires
CH677215A5 (en) * 1989-01-21 1991-04-30 Alfred Beck Snow chain with rigid retainer fitted behind wheel - has two separate chains, to cover wheel section against ground during assembly, pulled into place by spring when wheel moves
US5236025A (en) * 1989-06-08 1993-08-17 Burns Bros., Inc. Diagonal tire chains with side cable fasteners
FR2691775A1 (fr) * 1992-05-29 1993-12-03 Zimmermann Sa Chaines Pièce de lestage pour une chaîne de lestage modulable.
US6089291A (en) * 1999-01-28 2000-07-18 Konig S.P.A. Self-tensioning device for snow chains
DE10105410C1 (de) 2001-01-30 2002-07-25 Rud Ketten Rieger & Dietz Reifenkette
DE202004010577U1 (de) 2004-07-05 2004-09-30 Rud-Kettenfabrik Rieger & Dietz Gmbh U. Co. Durchziehöse für die Spannkette einer Gleitschutzkette
US6871486B2 (en) * 2002-05-14 2005-03-29 Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc. Chain link with angularly disposed end portions

Patent Citations (22)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1486993A (en) * 1922-04-10 1924-03-18 Stolpe Eric Snap hook for tire chains
US1445694A (en) * 1922-04-29 1923-02-20 Anthony N Kotarski Nonskidding chain for vehicle wheels
US1768153A (en) * 1926-10-27 1930-06-24 Romain Frederich Tire chain
US2976902A (en) * 1958-04-15 1961-03-28 Pierre Henry St Automatic tightener for tire chains
DE2651162A1 (de) 1976-11-05 1978-05-24 Rud Ketten Rieger & Dietz Reifenschutzvorrichtung
US4215733A (en) * 1976-11-05 1980-08-05 Rieger Hansjoerg Tire protector device
US4390053A (en) * 1980-09-18 1983-06-28 Rud-Kettenfabrik Rieger 6 Dietz Gmbh U. Co. Anti-slip chain for vehicle tires
US4416319A (en) * 1981-07-24 1983-11-22 Rud-Kettenfabrik Rieger & Dietz Gmbh U. Co. Closure for tire chains
EP0108154A1 (de) * 1982-10-07 1984-05-16 Heinz Asbeck Reifen- und Gleitschutzkette für gummibereifte Fahrzeuge, insbesondere für schwere, schnellfahrende Erdbewegungsmaschinen
DE3411977A1 (de) * 1983-03-31 1984-10-11 Slovenske Železarne VERIGA Tovarna verig, vijakov odkovkov, orodij, pnevmatsko-hidravličnih naprav, industrijske opreme in meril, n.sol.o., Lesce Schneekette mit federstahlring
US4679608A (en) * 1984-01-20 1987-07-14 Steirische Kettenfabriken Pengg-Walenta Kg Vehicle tire chain
DE3526027A1 (de) 1985-07-20 1987-01-22 Thiele Fa August Gleitschutzkette fuer fahrzeugreifen
US4862935A (en) * 1987-03-31 1989-09-05 Makoto Goto Clamping apparatus for clamping an antiskid device for tires
CH677215A5 (en) * 1989-01-21 1991-04-30 Alfred Beck Snow chain with rigid retainer fitted behind wheel - has two separate chains, to cover wheel section against ground during assembly, pulled into place by spring when wheel moves
US5236025A (en) * 1989-06-08 1993-08-17 Burns Bros., Inc. Diagonal tire chains with side cable fasteners
FR2691775A1 (fr) * 1992-05-29 1993-12-03 Zimmermann Sa Chaines Pièce de lestage pour une chaîne de lestage modulable.
US6089291A (en) * 1999-01-28 2000-07-18 Konig S.P.A. Self-tensioning device for snow chains
DE10105410C1 (de) 2001-01-30 2002-07-25 Rud Ketten Rieger & Dietz Reifenkette
US6889734B2 (en) * 2001-01-30 2005-05-10 Rud-Kettenfabrik Rieger & Dietz Gmbh U. Co. Tire chain
EP1355792B1 (de) 2001-01-30 2005-05-11 Rud-Kettenfabrik Rieger & Dietz Gmbh U. Co. Reifenkette
US6871486B2 (en) * 2002-05-14 2005-03-29 Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc. Chain link with angularly disposed end portions
DE202004010577U1 (de) 2004-07-05 2004-09-30 Rud-Kettenfabrik Rieger & Dietz Gmbh U. Co. Durchziehöse für die Spannkette einer Gleitschutzkette

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
European Search Report for European Application No. EP 07 45 0074 mailed on Sep. 3, 2007.

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
USD721985S1 (en) * 2013-03-18 2015-02-03 Trollbeads A/S Jewelry piece with lock
USD722913S1 (en) * 2013-03-18 2015-02-24 Trollbeads A/S Jewelry piece
USD757599S1 (en) * 2015-04-02 2016-05-31 Douglas F. L. Davis Chain link

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
AT503793B1 (de) 2008-01-15
AT503793A4 (de) 2008-01-15
EP1864831A1 (de) 2007-12-12
US20070277917A1 (en) 2007-12-06
DE502007000344D1 (de) 2009-02-12
EP1864831B1 (de) 2008-12-31

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US8932171B2 (en) Apparatus for equalizing the tensions among elevator wire ropes
EP0968955B1 (de) Ausleger aus Verbundwerkstoff
US20100187887A1 (en) Vehicle seat frame
EP2543908B1 (de) Schwingungsisolationsstruktur
US20140004298A1 (en) Load-pulling system
NZ560471A (en) Lift support means for a lift system, lift system with such a lift support means and method for assembling such a lift system
EP2895336B1 (de) Reifen mit zusätzlicher seitenwandverstärkung
CN105644767A (zh) 用于联接机身段的铰接件及相关方法
EP2895337B1 (de) Reifen mit zusätzlicher seitenwandverstärkung
US7690409B2 (en) Connecting and guide element for a tire chain
US20170057796A1 (en) Lattice boom
US9694863B2 (en) Traction chain for a caterpillar chain of a tracked vehicle, and kit for a caterpillar chain
JP6466627B1 (ja) 弾性車輪および動滑車
EP3075608A1 (de) Struktur für einen auslaufschutz
JP4684044B2 (ja) 検知装置固定構造
US20190111974A1 (en) Vehicle side section structure
US20070051564A1 (en) Suspension means end connector for an elevator
US12296660B2 (en) Vehicle back door
CA2804090A1 (en) Chain, and method for manufacturing a chain
US12515929B2 (en) Chain drive comprising double chain wheel, sling device, and chain drive system
US20060103100A1 (en) Integrated stabilizer bar bushing and strap
US6889734B2 (en) Tire chain
KR20080014704A (ko) 승강기 설비용 승강기 지지 수단, 이러한 승강기 지지수단을 구비한 승강기 설비 및 이 승강기 설비의 조립 방법
ITTO960416A1 (it) Sedile posteriore di autoveicolo.
EP1210186A1 (de) Hilfskette für die ziehanlage einer zieheinrichtung

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
AS Assignment

Owner name: PEWAG AUSTRIA GMBH, AUSTRIA

Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:PENGG, AGYD;REEL/FRAME:019513/0271

Effective date: 20070614

Owner name: PEWAG AUSTRIA GMBH,AUSTRIA

Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:PENGG, AGYD;REEL/FRAME:019513/0271

Effective date: 20070614

FEPP Fee payment procedure

Free format text: PAYOR NUMBER ASSIGNED (ORIGINAL EVENT CODE: ASPN); ENTITY STATUS OF PATENT OWNER: LARGE ENTITY

FPAY Fee payment

Year of fee payment: 4

FEPP Fee payment procedure

Free format text: MAINTENANCE FEE REMINDER MAILED (ORIGINAL EVENT CODE: REM.)

LAPS Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees

Free format text: PATENT EXPIRED FOR FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES (ORIGINAL EVENT CODE: EXP.)

STCH Information on status: patent discontinuation

Free format text: PATENT EXPIRED DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER 37 CFR 1.362

FP Lapsed due to failure to pay maintenance fee

Effective date: 20180406